Corset-lacing.



0. WEINGARTEN.

CORSET LACING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5. 1916.

IQJFQQQ Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

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BY (6mm A ATTORNEY OSCAR V17 EINGARTEN OF. NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. it, rain.

Application filed October 5, 1916. Serial No. 123,832.

' To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, OSCAR citizen of the United States siding at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset- Lacings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved corset lacing and has especial reference to the eyelets through which the lacing cord passes.

With few exceptions it is the general practice to provide corsets with rigid loops or eyelets through which the lacing is passed, and in devices of this character it is a fairly diflicult matter to tighten the lace properly. It is usually necessary, in tightening the cor set lacing, to not only pull upon the ends of the lacing, but also to pull the loops between the eyelets as by pulling upon the ends of the lacing only there will be a lack of uniformity in the tightness of the lacing throughout the length of the corset.

The principal object of my invention is to l VEINGARTEN, a of America, re-

provide a form of lacing which is capable of very easy manipulation and in which a pull on the ends of the lacing cords will act to tension or tighten the whole corset uniformly throughout its length. I accomplish this purpose by a special construction of lacing eyelets, as will be more fully hereinafter described.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is an elevational view of a fragment of a corset having the preferred form of my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the preferred form of lacing eyelet employed; Fig. 3 is a similar view partly in section of such lacing eyelet; Fig. 4 is an elevational view of a modified form of lacing eyelet; and Fig. 5 is an elevational view, partly in section, of'a still further modified form of lacing eyelet.

In corset lacings it is desirable that when the lacing cord is manipulated it shall move almost without friction through the lacing eyelets, and when the cord is either tightened or loosened, .its action shall be substantially uniform throughout the length of the corset. By the construction hereinafter described these purposes are eifectuated.

Referring to the drawing, and particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 thereof, 10 and 11 denote the body portions of the corset along the edges 12 of which the lacing is provided.

The preferred form of lacing eyelet is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and consists of an integral resilient member, such as spring wlre, comprising the strand portion 13, the oppositely disposed loops 1 the intermediate arms 15 which project substantially at right angles to the plane of the loops, and the reentrant prongs 16 which project toward each other. The extreme ends of the arms 15 are thickened at 17 and the prongs 16, which are very much reduced in diameter as compared to the thickness of the enlarged portion 17, are adapted to revolubly support a double conical roller 18 having orifices 0r bores at opposite ends into which the prongs 16 may be sprung. The roller 18 is, as above suggested, of double conical form, the enlarged ends or bases of the cones being immediately adjacent the enlarged portion 17 of the eyelet, so that there is substantially no difference between the diameter of the bases of the roller and the diameter of such enlarged part of the arms. The purpose of having the opposite ends of the roller of substantially equal diameter with that of the enlarged portions 17 of the arms 15 is to enable the lacing cord 19 to be pulled upon readily and to move along the roller 18 withoutbecoming caught between the ends of the roller and the arms 15. It will be noted that practically a continuous surface is provided over which the cord may pass without catching. 1

A series of eyelets is provided along the edge of each of the members 10 and 11, and such series of eyelets may be attached in any suitable manner to a tape 20 which is secured by sewing or otherwise to either the front or the rear edge of the corset, dependent upon whether the invention is applied to a front lace or rear lace corset.

The modified form of eyelet in Fig. 4 comprises the strand portion 13, the opposite loop portions 14, the arms 15, and the prongs 16, such prongs being sufiiciently long to extend through bores formed in balls 18 which take the place of the roller 18 of Fig. 2. The action of the balls 18 is substantially similar to that of the roller 18.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified form of eyelet comprising the strand portion 13, the loops 14:, and the arms 15, these arms holding between their opposed ends l7 a sleeve 21 upon which the series of balls 18 is carried. The modified form of Fig. 5 resembles the form of Fig. 4, and is like it in the difference being the manner of function, f

0 the retaining the balls between the arms eyelet.

It will be noted that in each form of the invention I have provided a resilient eyelet having oppositely extending arms between which is secured a rolling member, the diameter of which is substantially equal to the ends of the arms adjacent such rolling member. I thus provide means over which the lacing cord 19 may move without any substantial friction, and also without danger of being caught between the lacing member and the arms of the eyelet.

What I claim is r 1. Ina corset lacing, an eyelet comprising a strand of flexible material formed into adjacent loops and having integral therewith oppositely projecting arms extending a substantial distance beyond the loops, and a revoluble member between, and held by said arms, the ends of said revoluble member being of substantially the same diameter as the adjacent ends of the arms which hold said member.

2. In a corset lacing, an eyelet comprising a strand of flexible material formed into adjacent loops and having integral therewith oppositely projecting arms extending a subtantial distancebeyond said loops and terminating in prongs the portions of said arms adjacent the prongs being thickened, and a double conical roller revoluble on said prongs, the ends of said roller being substantially of the same diameter as the adjacent thickened portions of said arms.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

OSCAR 'WEINGARTEN.

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